18 May 2012

110 – Lock, Woodstock and Les Paul

Recorded 18 August 2009

On this episode of With A Voice Like This:

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  • A look at the 40th anniversary of Woodstock from a slightly different perspective, comparing and contrasting the role of artist development from the to now. Based on Paul Natkin’s Woodstock blog entry.

Tribute to Les Paul
Unless you’ve been on another planet this past week, you’ve probably heard about the Passing of Les Paul last Thursday at age 94. Here is are some links that truly show who the man was and what his achievements were. Arguably best know as one of the innovators of the solid body guitar, he was also the pioneer of Sound on Sound recording (overdubbing) Multi track recording  and a great guitarist and musician. Here is a list of links visited in the show:

And the show closes with an excerpt from Les Paul and Mary Ford’s biggest number one hit from 56 years ago that is most aptly the wish for Les Paul Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You).

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